Too many Impact Assessments are submitted late
Since 2023, the Regulatory Policy Committee has published a statement when legislation reaches Parliament without an RPC opinion that should have been available. This continues to be an issue.
Stephen Gibson
Stephen is Chair of the Regulatory Policy Committee. He has over 30 years’ experience working as a professional economist across a range of regulated sectors including post, water, rail, aviation, ports, energy and telecoms. He is a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Business and Government at Harvard University and also a Senior Fellow at LSE. He is a member of the Bank of England’s Cost-Benefit Analysis panel and was a member of the CAA’s expert advisory panel on airport regulation.
Defra improves performance on Post Implementation Reviews, but other departments lag behind
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Better regulation, Evaluation, Independent scrutiny
Stephen Gibson, Chair of the RPC, commends Defra on progress on completing PIRs but expresses ongoing concerns from others across government.
RPC publishes Corporate Report for 2023-24
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Better regulation, Evaluation, Independent scrutiny
We have today published the RPC Corporate Report for 2023-24. The report summarises trends in our opinions on Impact Assessments (IAs) and Post Implementation Reviews (PIRs). It highlights a decline in the quality of analysis by government departments – with only 59% …
15 years of Independent RPC Scrutiny of Government Regulation 2009-2024
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Better regulation, Evaluation, Independent scrutiny
The RPC has now been operating for 15 years. To commemorate this, we have updated the history document originally published to commemorate our 10th anniversary.
RPC welcomes new Minister, Justin Madders MP, to committee meeting
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Better regulation, Evaluation, Independent scrutiny
The RPC was pleased to welcome Justin Madders MP, Minister for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets at the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), to a recent meeting.
Lack of government action could be leaving ineffective or out-of-date regulation on the statute books
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Better regulation, Evaluation, Independent scrutiny
The RPC has today published a summary table of the ratings in its opinions on post implementation reviews published over the past few years. This supplements the earlier publication of a summary of its opinions on impact assessments and seeks to enhance the transparency of the Better Regulation Framework.
RPC provides greater transparency on Government Impact Assessments
The RPC has today published a summary table of the ratings in its opinions on impact assessments published over the past few years. This is a further step in making the Better Regulation Framework as transparent as possible.
The RPC welcomes the report of the Independent Commission on UK Public Health Emergency Powers
The RPC welcomes the report of the Independent Commission on UK Public Health Emergency Powers
The RPC’s response to the Smarter Regulation White Paper
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Better regulation, Evaluation, Independent scrutiny
Stephen Gibson welcomes the Smarter Regulation White Paper and challenges the Government to go further.
Regulatory Policy Committee welcomes two new members
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Better regulation, Evaluation, Independent scrutiny
A welcome and introduction to the RPC's two new members.